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| AFI Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 2009 | Won | AFI Award |
Movie of the Year Frank Marshall Ceán Chaffin Kathleen Kennedy THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON is a modern movie miracle. Aglow in the wonderment of time, the film captures the poetry and pain of life with such originality that audiences may not want to awake from the dream the film casts upon them. Working from a screenplay by Eric Roth, David Fincher clocks in again as one of the most exciting voices in American film, and his extraordinary use of technology, often the enemy of performance, serves only to enhance Brad Pitt's brilliant turn in the title role. Pitt's chemistry with Cate Blanchett creates one of film history's most powerful screen romances, reminding us all of the preciousness of each passing moment. |
| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Oscar |
Best Achievement in Art Direction Donald Graham Burt (art director) Victor J. Zolfo (set decorator) |
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Best Achievement in Makeup Greg Cannom |
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Best Achievement in Visual Effects Eric Barba Steve Preeg Burt Dalton Craig Barron |
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| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Achievement in Cinematography Claudio Miranda |
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Best Achievement in Costume Design Jacqueline West |
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Best Achievement in Directing David Fincher |
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Best Achievement in Film Editing Kirk Baxter Angus Wall |
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Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Alexandre Desplat |
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Best Achievement in Sound Mixing David Parker Michael Semanick Ren Klyce Mark Weingarten |
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Best Motion Picture of the Year Kathleen Kennedy Frank Marshall Ceán Chaffin |
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Brad Pitt |
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Taraji P. Henson |
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Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Eric Roth (screenplay/story) Robin Swicord (story) |
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| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Saturn Award |
Best Fantasy Film |
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Best Make-Up Greg Cannom |
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Best Supporting Actress Tilda Swinton |
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| Nominated | Saturn Award |
Best Actor Brad Pitt |
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Best Actress Cate Blanchett |
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Best Director David Fincher |
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Best Music Alexandre Desplat |
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Best Special Effects Eric Barba Steve Preeg Burt Dalton Craig Barron |
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Best Writing Eric Roth |
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| American Cinema Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Eddie |
Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) Angus Wall Kirk Baxter |
| American Society of Cinematographers, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | ASC Award |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Claudio Miranda |
| Art Directors Guild | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Excellence in Production Design Award |
Period Film Donald Graham Burt (production designer) Kelly Curley (art director) Masako Masuda (set designer) Christopher S. Ross (illustrator) Dave Kelsey (draftsperson) Lorrie Campbell (set designer) Randy Wilkins (set designer) Aaron Haye (assistant art director) Randy Moore (art director) Tom Reta (supervising art director) Richard Bennett (illustrator) Clint Wallace (set designer) Tammy S. Lee (set designer) Scott Plauche (art director) Nithya Shrinivasan (assistant art director) Michele Laliberte (art director) Jane Fitts (graphic designer) Victor J. Zolfo (set decorator) Ryan Heck (set designer) Molly Mikula (assistant art director) Jane Wuu (set designer) |
| Austin Film Critics Association | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | Austin Film Critics Award |
Best Supporting Actress Taraji P. Henson |
| Nominated | Austin Film Critics Award |
Best Film |
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| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Make Up & Hair Jean Ann Black Colleen Callaghan |
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Best Production Design Donald Graham Burt Victor J. Zolfo |
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Best Special Visual Effects Eric Barba Craig Barron Nathan McGuinness Edson Williams |
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| Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Cinematography Claudio Miranda |
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Best Costume Design Jacqueline West |
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Best Director David Fincher |
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Best Editing Kirk Baxter Angus Wall |
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Best Film Kathleen Kennedy Frank Marshall Ceán Chaffin |
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Best Leading Actor Brad Pitt |
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Best Music Alexandre Desplat |
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Best Screenplay - Adapted Eric Roth |
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| BET Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | BET Award |
Best Actress Taraji P. Henson Also for Not Easily Broken (2009) and The Family That Preys (2008). |
| BMI Film & TV Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | BMI Film Music Award |
Alexandre Desplat
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| Black Reel Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Nominated | Black Reel |
Best Supporting Actress Taraji P. Henson |
| British Society of Cinematographers | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Best Cinematography Award |
Claudio Miranda
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| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Critics Choice Award |
Best Acting Ensemble Brad Pitt Cate Blanchett Tilda Swinton Taraji P. Henson Elias Koteas Julia Ormond Jason Flemyng |
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Best Actor Brad Pitt |
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Best Actress Cate Blanchett |
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Best Composer Alexandre Desplat |
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Best Director David Fincher |
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Best Picture |
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Best Supporting Actress Taraji P. Henson |
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Best Writer Eric Roth |
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| Central Ohio Film Critics Association | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | COFCA Award |
Best Score Alexandre Desplat |
| Nominated | COFCA Award |
Best Picture |
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| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Nominated | CFCA Award |
Best Cinematography Claudio Miranda |
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Best Director David Fincher |
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Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat |
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Best Picture |
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Best Screenplay, Adapted Eric Roth |
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| Costume Designers Guild Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | CDG Award |
Excellence in Period Film Jacqueline West |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | 2nd place | DFWFCA Award |
Best Cinematography Claudio Miranda |
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Best Director David Fincher |
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| Nominated | DFWFCA Award |
Best Actor Brad Pitt |
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Best Picture |
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Best Supporting Actress Taraji P. Henson |
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| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures David Fincher |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Director - Motion Picture David Fincher |
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Best Motion Picture - Drama |
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Best Original Score - Motion Picture Alexandre Desplat |
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Brad Pitt |
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Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Eric Roth Robin Swicord |
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| Grammy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | Nominated | Grammy |
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Alexandre Desplat (Disc 1). |
| Image Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Image Award |
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Taraji P. Henson |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | Sierra Award |
Best Art Direction unknown |
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Best Cinematography Claudio Miranda |
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Best Costume Design Jacqueline West |
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| London Critics Circle Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | ALFS Award |
British Supporting Actress of the Year Tilda Swinton |
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Director of the Year David Fincher |
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| Nominated | ALFS Award |
Film of the Year |
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Screenwriter of the Year Eric Roth |
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| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | 2nd place | LAFCA Award |
Best Music Alexandre Desplat |
| MTV Movie Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | MTV Movie Award |
Best Female Performance Taraji P. Henson |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Golden Reel Award |
Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film Ren Klyce (supervising sound editor) Richard Quinn (supervising dialogue editor) Gwendolyn Yates Whittle (supervising adr editor) Marilyn McCoppen (dialogue editor) Stuart McCowan (dialogue editor) Jeremy Molod (adr editor) |
| Nominated | Golden Reel Award |
Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film Joe E. Rand (supervising music editor) Marie Ebbing (music editor) Ren Klyce (music editor) Erik Swanson (music editor) Robert Wolff (music editor) |
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Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film Ren Klyce (supervising sound editor/sound designer) Thom Brennan (supervising foley editor) Malcolm Fife (sound editor) Larry Oatfield (sound editor) Coya Elliott (sound editor) John Roesch (foley artist) Alyson Dee Moore (foley artist) |
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| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | NBR Award |
Best Adapted Screenplay Eric Roth |
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Best Director David Fincher |
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Top Ten Films |
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| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | 2nd place | NYFCC Award |
Best Cinematographer Claudio Miranda |
| 3rd place | NYFCC Award |
Best Director David Fincher |
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| Online Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | OFCS Award |
Best Cinematography Claudio Miranda |
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Best Director David Fincher |
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Best Editing Kirk Baxter Angus Wall |
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Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat |
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Best Picture |
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Best Screenplay, Adapted Eric Roth |
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| PGA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | PGA Award |
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Kathleen Kennedy Frank Marshall Ceán Chaffin |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing |
Alexandre Desplat
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| Park City Film Music Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Distinguished Artist Award |
Conrad Pope
Also for The Rising Place (2001), Army of Darkness (1992), The Presence (2010), Julie & Julia (2009), Pavilion of Women (2001), My Week with Marilyn (2011), Seabiscuit (2003), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) and In My Sleep (2010). |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | PFCS Award |
Best Cinematography Claudio Miranda |
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Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat |
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| Rembrandt Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | Won | Rembrandt Award |
Best International Actor (Beste Buitenlandse Acteur) Brad Pitt |
| SFX Awards, UK | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | Nominated | SFX Award |
Best Actress Cate Blanchett |
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Best Director David Fincher |
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| San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | SDFCS Award |
Best Production Design Donald Graham Burt |
| Satellite Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Nominated | Satellite Award |
Best Art Direction & Production Design Donald Graham Burt Tom Reta |
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Best Cinematography Claudio Miranda |
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Best Costume Design Jacqueline West |
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Best Screenplay, Adapted Eric Roth Robin Swicord |
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| Screen Actors Guild Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Actor |
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Mahershala Ali Cate Blanchett Jason Flemyng Jared Harris Taraji P. Henson Elias Koteas Julia Ormond Brad Pitt Phyllis Somerville Tilda Swinton |
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Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Taraji P. Henson |
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Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Brad Pitt |
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| Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | 2nd place | SEFCA Award |
Best Screenplay, Adapted Robin Swicord Eric Roth |
| Teen Choice Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Teen Choice Award |
Choice Movie Actor: Drama Brad Pitt |
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Choice Movie: Drama |
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| USC Scripter Award | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | USC Scripter Award |
Eric Roth
(screenwriter)
Robin Swicord (screenwriter) F. Scott Fitzgerald (author) |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | VFCC Award |
Best Director David Fincher |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | VES Award |
Best Single Visual Effect of the Year Eric Barba Lisa Beroud Steve Preeg Jonathan Litt For Benjamin's secret. |
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Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture Steve Preeg Matthias Wittmann Tom St. Amand David McLean For Benjamin Button. |
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Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture Janelle Croshaw Paul Lambert Sonja Burchard Sarahjane Javelo For Benjamin comes together. |
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Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture Eric Barba Edson Williams Nathan McGuinness Lisa Beroud |
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| Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | WAFCA Award |
Best Art Direction Donald Graham Burt |
| World Soundtrack Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | World Soundtrack Award |
Best Original Soundtrack of the Year Alexandre Desplat |
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Soundtrack Composer of the Year Alexandre Desplat Also for Coco Before Chanel (2009), The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch (2008) and Chéri (2009). |
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| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Adapted Screenplay Eric Roth (screenplay/screen story) Robin Swicord (screen story) |
| Young Artist Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Young Artist Award |
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress Madisen Beaty |
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